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Why do King cakes have a plastic baby in them?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:47 am
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:47 am
???
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Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:50 am to L1C4
Jesus
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:51 am to upgrayedd
Jesus what?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:53 am to L1C4
Jesus is the answer goofball ... look it up on the www
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:55 am to L1C4
Because a little Jesus was not appropriate.
This post was edited on 9/27/20 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:56 am to Got Blaze
Idk. I'm watching a cooking show and they made a king cake and put a plastic baby in it but didn't say why.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:03 pm to L1C4
Traditionally, a small plastic or porcelain baby is hidden in the king cake. Originally, the baby was placed in the cake to symbolize baby Jesus. Fava beans were also used to represent Jesus. Today, the baby symbolizes luck and prosperity to whoever finds it in their slice of cake.
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Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:31 pm to LSUJML
Years ago when I was a kid, there were weekly "King Cake Parties" and it was tradition that whoever got the baby in their piece of cake had to throw the next King Cake party at their house.
As I got older a lot of offices would have "King Cake Friday" and whoever got the baby had to bring the next King Cake the following Friday.
As I got older a lot of offices would have "King Cake Friday" and whoever got the baby had to bring the next King Cake the following Friday.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:32 pm to L1C4
quote:
Jesus what?
Yes
Posted on 9/27/20 at 1:19 pm to L1C4
So you can easily identify who has to purchase the next one.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 1:25 pm to L1C4
Is your google machine broken?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 1:53 pm to L1C4
The answer you seek is here...
www.letmegooglethatforyou.com
www.letmegooglethatforyou.com
Posted on 9/27/20 at 2:26 pm to L1C4
The babies made of steel got too expensive, so we now use cheaper plastic babies.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 2:35 pm to L1C4
Hiding the Baby Jesus in the cake symbolizes the hiding of Jesus from King Herod when he ordered the murder of all males 2 years old and under in an attempt to kill baby Jesus, known as The Murder of the Holy Innocents.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 2:50 pm to L1C4
It should be a real baby
Posted on 9/27/20 at 3:07 pm to L1C4
Because real babies are apparently frowned upon.
Thanks Obama.
Thanks Obama.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 8:58 pm to upgrayedd
Baby Jesus. 8 lb. 6 oz. little baby Jesus.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 10:58 pm to L1C4
It's a gender reveal cake. Duh.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:49 pm to L1C4
Because most bakeries have great attornies and they're just daring you to sue them
Posted on 9/28/20 at 8:25 am to L1C4
Originally, the token in the cake was a coin, or an unshelled pecan, or a reusable trinket....or even a small ring or other favor (like wedding cake “pulls” drawn out of the cake by bridesmaids). When McKenzies bakeries in NO began mass-baking king cakes in the 60s, according to the McKenzies owner Donald Entringer Sr found plastic baby doll trinkets and persuaded the board of health to approve their inclusion. Any association with the Christ child is incidental and was not his intent. The Google machine will reveal multiple published accounts of interviews with Entringer, and talk to enough old ppl, they will remember a time before Bakery king cakes had babies.
Also worth noting: it wasn’t until the late 70s that king cakes were a widely available bakery item, and not until the 1980s that fillings and cake shipping really took off (Haydels pioneered the shipping).
In the 80s, when the Delchamps (AL-based) grocery chain moved into the SE LA market, everyone was “horrified” because the chain sold the king cake with a baby loose in the box, rather than already tucked inside.
Just a reminder that food changes faster than we like to think, and “folklore” is often not grounded in historical fact.
Also worth noting: it wasn’t until the late 70s that king cakes were a widely available bakery item, and not until the 1980s that fillings and cake shipping really took off (Haydels pioneered the shipping).
In the 80s, when the Delchamps (AL-based) grocery chain moved into the SE LA market, everyone was “horrified” because the chain sold the king cake with a baby loose in the box, rather than already tucked inside.
Just a reminder that food changes faster than we like to think, and “folklore” is often not grounded in historical fact.
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